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Join Yvonne Porcella, TQS Quilting Legend 2010, at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles on May 12, Sunday, 2-4pm for Fiber Talks! Inspiration! How the Fabric of Ethnic Culture inspired my Quilting.
Yvonne Porcella, a Quilter's Hall of Fame artist and legendary quilter will show slides of her work and be in conversation with Lilia Aguero, Director of Education at School of Arts and Culture. Select pieces from the collection will be on view.
Porcella is Founder and served as President of the Board of Directors Studio Art Quilt Associates 1989-2000; as well as a 16 year member of the Board of Directors of Alliance for American Quilts; 2 terms on the Advisory Board of the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska; currently serving on the Board of Directors of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. In 1998 she was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in Marian Indiana and she was the 5th recipient of the Silver Star Award at Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. Michigan State University selected her as a Quilt Treasure for an Alliance for American Quilts documentation project archiving the history of American Quilt makers. She was filmed for a one hour segment honoring the 2010 quilting “Legend” by The Quilt Show, hosted by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, shown on their subscription internet program. A major retrospective exhibition of her art work shown January to April 2012 at the new Carnegie Art Center in Turlock, CA., curated by Rebecca Phillips Abbott showcased the depth of her artistic endeavors.
Purchase Online
$20 Members/$30 Non-Members/$15 Students and Seniors
Member's Discount: $65 for the entire series if purchased by May 12. No refunds, No exchanges.
rsvp@sjquiltmuseum.org / 408-971-0323 x. 14
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